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A fresco fragment depicting Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, from the House of Julia Felix in Pompeii, 62-79 CE. (now in Louvre Museum, Paris)
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Raddato, C. (2015, June 21). Fresco with Urania. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3937/fresco-with-urania/
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